CONTENT

I
nst
all
ati
on 2

Wr
it
ingt
ext 3

Wr
it
ingt
extopt
ions 4

Cr
eat
ingnewani
mat
edt
ypef
ace 5

Set
ti
ngs 8

Q&A 1
0

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I
NSTALLATI
ON
1.QUI CKmet hod: 2.HANDYmet hod:
Extractscri
ptf
rom ar
chivet
oanyf ol
der. Ext
ractscripti
ntofol
der:
I
nAf terEff
ectsgoto“Fi
le>Scr
ipt
s>RunScr i
ptFi
le.
..” “Af
terEff
ect sPath/
SupportFi
l
es/Scri
pts/
Scri
ptUIPanels”onWindowsOS
Selectscri
ptfr
om thefi
l
es. “Af
terEff
ect sPath/
Scri
pts/
Scr
iptUIPanels”onMACOS
(t
hismet hodall
owstousescri
ptasfloat
ingpanel) I
nAf t
erEffectsrunscri
ptfr
om “Window”menu.Itwi
llal
l
owt odockthepanelanywher
e.

NOTE
Al
somakesur eyouhaveal l
owedscri
ptstowri
t
ef i
lesunderAf
terEff
ectspr
efer
ences:
! MacOS:AfterEff
ect
s>Prefer
ences>General
>Al
lowScript
stoWr i
teFil
esandAccessNetwor
k
Windows:Edit
>Pref
erences>General
>Al
lowScript
stoWr i
teFi
l
esandAccessNet work

2
HOW TO W ORKW I
TH ANI
MATED TYPEFACE

I
mpor ty
ourtypefaceintoAft
erEff
ects OpenFont Managers cr
ipt
, Typeyourt
extinthi
sfi
eld
1 andmak esurethatfolder
’scomment
2 Cli
ck“Refresh”butt
on
3 andcl
i
c k“Wri
tetext
”but
ton.
sect
i
ons tar
tsfr
om “Typeface”word. andselectyourfont
.

3
TEXTOPTI
ONS
1.Af
teraddi
ngani
mat
edf
ontcl
i
ck“
Ref
resh” andsel
ectf
ont
2.Set
upf
ontsi
ze ,l
eadi
ng andt
racki
ng
3.Tomakel
ayer
sappears
equent
ial
l
y,choosel
ayer
sof
fset
4.Act
ivat
e ,i
fyouwantt
ocont
rolal
lpar
ent
edpr
oper
ti
esusi
ngonel
ayer
5.I
fyouneedt
otur
non“
Col
l
apseTr
ans
for
mat
ion”
,act
ivat
eic
on
6.Choos
efontal
i
gnment
7.I
fnecessar
y,youcanchanget
hel
ayer
sor
der WORD / WORD
8.Ty
peyourt
exther
e
9.Or
,ifyouwantt
otypemul
ti
l
inet
extuset
hisbut
ton
10.Cl
i
ck t
owr
it
etex
t

Youcanuset heseopti
ons evenaft
eryouhavewr
it
tent
het
ext
.
Justsel
ect“
Cont r
oll
er”l
ayerandcl
ickonanyoft
heseicons.
Ifyouwantt
oshi f
tyourl
ayersi
nti
me,cli
ck
Youcanset“
aut
o”mode ,bycl
i
cki
ngon i
con
Youcanr
esetf
ontsi
zet
o“150”рх ,bycl
i
cki
ngon i
con

4
CREATEANI
MATED TYPEFACE

Guide,thathelpsquic
kly Createnewt extl
ayer Sel
ectlayersandc l
ickbutt
on. Thi
sisak eyfeatureofthescr
ipt
,thathasnoanal
ogues.
creat
eani matedtypef
ace. andcl i
ckt hi
sbutton. Scr
iptwil
lgr oupl
ayersint
o I
ttakesintoac counttheshapeofthelet
ter
s
Justfol
lowthes t
epsand Scriptwi l
lcr
eateall i
ndi
v i
dualc ompsands ort andc r
eatesthec orrectmet
ri
cs.
selectneededoptions. chars,s ymbols,numbers t
hem int
of older
s.
usings hapelayers.
AddKer
ningandMet
ri
cs Aut
omat
i
cMet
ri
cs
(orShift+Cli
cktous esol
i
dlay
ers
)

LAVA LAVA
per
fect toof
ar
t
oocl
ose
1.Convertyourf
ontinto.
afmf
il
e
here:ht
tps:
//
goo.gl
/Ef
EaPi (.tt
f)
orhere:ht
tps:
//
goo.gl
/NX6Smf (.ot
f)

2.Cr
eatecomposi
ti
onusi
ngthes
amesi
zeas
compsofyourani
matedf
ont
.

3.Creat
etextl
ayerusi
ngt hesamefontands
ize
Selectpropert
ies,forexampl
e “AdvancedPar ent
ing”but
ton Creat
edemoofal lani
mated
asyourchar
acter
sfrom animat
edfont
.
col
or s,t
hatyouwantt omanage all
owstoaut omateparent
ing chars,numsands ymbols,
f
urther.Thenclick processinsi
deallfont t
omak esur
et hatt
hereisno
“
Par entpropert
ies”butt
on. compos i
ti
onsandev enmore. err
orsortocreatepresent
ati
on.
All
y ourproperti
eswouldbeparent
ed
t
o“ Control
ler
”layer. Justtypelayeri
ndexand Cli
ck“DemoAl
lGlyphs”
,
4.Sel
ectt
extl
ayer
.
propertynameors et
up and“Wri
teMul
t
il
ine”.
otherparametrs.
5.Cl
i
ck“
AddKer
ningandMet
ri
cs”
.
Therearebunchofusef
ul
Shi
ft
+Clickwi
llpar
enttheseproper
ti
es opti
ons.Youcanfi
ndout
i
nsi
deeac hcompos i
ti
on more,bywatchi
ngvideo
oft
heanimatedfont.Justmak
es ure tutori
al.
t
hatallt
hesepropert
ies
6.I
ntheopenedwindowsel
ectyourf
ont(
.t
tfor.
otf
)fi
l
e
havethesamepath.
off
ont’
s.af
mfil
eandc l
i
ck“OK”.

5
CREATEANI
MATED TYPEFACE

Addqui
c kmetricbas ed Hereyouc anmanage/ addset Qui
ckl
ycr
eat
est
ypef
acest
ruct
ure. Hel
pstomarkc ont
rol
l
erl
ay erinsi
depresomps
onaglyps’swidth. oft
hec haract
ersthatwouldbeused andacrosst
heproj
ectaf
terus i
ng“Parentpr
oper
ti
es”
.
Thi
smet hodissui t
ableonl
y dur
ingthec r
eati
onofthe 1.Creat
ec omposi
ti
ont
hatwoul
d f
unct
ion.Useitf
orcompl
ext ypefaces
.
f
ormonos pacedf onts. al
phabettemplateandl ay
ers. f
itchar
acterandi
tsani
mati
on.
1.Sel
ectt
het
ypef
acef
olderundert
hePr
ojectpanel

A
I
fyouwi l
lusethis 2.Cr
eatet
extl
ayerwi
thonel
ett
er
metr
icsfornon andset
upyourf
ontandi
tssi
ze. 2.Cl
i
ckon“
Mar
kCont
rol
l
erex
pressi
ons
”
monospac edfont
,
somec haract
ers
maynotf i
tproper
ly. Expr
ess
ionswi
l
lbeswi
tchedf
rom t
his
:

1.Creat
ec omposit
i
on
wit
hthesames i
zeas Tot
his
:
yourchar
ac t
erscomps

2.Creat
etextlay
er
usi
ngthes amefontand
si
zeasy ourchar
acter
s
Navigat
i
onbut t
onshelpqui
ckl
y 3.Selecttex tl
ay erandc l
i
ck
swi
tchbetweent hegl
yphs ”NewAl phabett empl ate”,
composit
ion. t
ogener atef onts t
ructureusi
ng
shapelay ers.
3.Sel
ectt
extl
ayer Cli
ckonthecentr
albutt
on (Shi
ft+Cli
c kwilldot hes ame,butusi
ng
wil
lopenthecomposi
ti
on soli
dlayers )
4.Cl
i
ck“
AddQui
ckMet
ri
cs” wit
htheglyph.
Forcurr
entexampl
e,scri
pt
wil
lopen“A”composi
ti
on.

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I
NSTALLANI
MATED (
JSX)TYPEFACE

Thi
swil
linst
allJSXtypeface Hereyoucanchangei
nstal
l
ati
on
i
ntoyours ys
tem (bydefaul
tunder f
olderf
ort
hetypef
aces.
“MyDocument s\
FMTy pef
aces”fol
der
)
soyouwouldn’tneedtoimportAEP Cl
ickont
henameattheri
ght
f
il
eint
opr oj
ecteveryt
ime t
orevealt
hei
nst
all
ati
onf
older
.
youwanttous ethetypef
ace.

1.Cl
i
ckon“
Inst
allani
mat
edt
ypef
ace”

2.Openthefolderwi
ththetypef
ace
andsel
ectfi
l
ewi th“.
jsx
bin”
ext
ensi
onthere.

3.Thet
ypef
acewi
llbeinst
all
edaut
omat
ical
ly.
Youcannoopen“
Ty pe”t
abandwri
tet
extthere.

7
SETTI
NGS

Terminalcharactersarestyl
i
sti
c Wil
lcreat
ec haract
ersatthe Addac ont
roll
ert
oeachglyph
alt
ernatesthatgoatt heendof cur
rentti
mei ndi
cator
. t
otogglebetweenover
aland
awor d.Mos tcommonl yused Whendi sabl
ed,alll
ayerswil
l i
ndi
vidualset
ti
ngs
i
ns cri
ptorhandwr i
ti
ngfont
s. beplacedatthes t
artofcompsi
t
ion.
Youcanenabl ethi
sfeatur
e Onlyav ai
lableinc er
tai
n
i
fyourtypefacesupport
s animatedt ypef
ac es.
st
ylyst
icalt
ernat
esandgl yphs
havediff
erentdesi
gnandani mat
ion.

Toadds uppor
tofst
yl
ist
ic
al
ternat
es,addunder
li
neandnumber
t
oy ourcomp’sname.

Forex
ample“
F_1”or“
F_2”
andsoon.

8
SETTI
NGS

AddaFontCont r
ollertoCont
rol
l
er Pr
ec omposeal
lgly
phslayer
s AddInandOutkeyf
ramesonTi
meRemap
l
ayerwi
thtracki
ng,s paci
ng af
terthet
exti
screated. basedonwor
kar
eaofglyphs
’sc
omp.
andof
fsetpar
amet ers.
Thi
sopti
onautomati
cal
l
yc r
eat
esOutanimat
ion
basedontheworkar
eainsi
deofeachgl
yph.

I
funchecked,noexpr
essi
onswil
l
beappli
edtotheposi
ti
onproper
ty.

Tosuppor
titi
nyourtypef
aces,mak
esur
ewor
kar
eadur
ati
on
mat
c hesI
nanimati
ondurati
on.

9
QUESTI
ONSAND ANSW ERS
1 SCRI
PTCAN’
TSEEMYTYPEFACE 4 WRONG SPACI
NG BETWEENTHECHARACTERS
Makesurethatyourf
older
snamedproper
ly, Makesur ethatyouhavesetupMetr
icscor
rect
lyand
andmainfol
derhasac omment,t
hatst
art
sfrom “
Typef
ace”
: yourcharactersar
ecenter
ed.Youcanalsotr
ytomoveyour
charact
erinsidecomposi
ti
on.

5 PROBLEMSWI
THPARENTI
NG PROPERTI
ES
Makesur
ethattheeff
ectshavethesameorderinsi
de
each“
Contr
oll
er”l
ayerinsi
deallf
ontcomposi
ti
ons.

A B C
2 WRONG LI
NESPACI
NG
Setuptheselayer
sunder“
Met
ri
cs”composi
ti
on
ofyourfontani
mated.

6 IWANTTOADDSYMBOLS
THATAREMI
SSI
NG I
NTHESTANDARTSET
Goto“Setup”t
abandclick“
Cust
omizeCharSet”
andunderthe“Add”f
iel
daddyourchar
act
ersandsymbol
s.

3 CANSCRI
PTWORKWI
THOUTMETRI
CS?
Nope,metr
icsi
srequi
redforset
ti
ngup
t
heproperspaci
ngbetweenthechar
act
ers.

1
0
QUESTI
ONSAND ANSW ERS
7 WHYDO INEEDKERNI
NGANDMETRI
CS 8 WHYDO INEEDAN.
AFM FI
LE?

Thi
ss yst
em providesc orrectspac
ingbetween .
afm -AdobeFontMet
ri
cs,i
tcont
ainsf
ontmet
ri
csandker
ningval
ues
t
hec har
ac t
erstakingintoac coutshapeofthechar
act
ers
andmak esvisuall
ypleas ingresul
t. 9 PARENTPROPERTI
ESFUNCTI
ON
Corr
ectmet r
icsisanes senti
alpartofany DIDN’
TPARENTALLMYCOLORS
workwit
ht hetext.
I
fther
earesever
alcol
orst
hathavethesamevalue,
t
heywouldbeparent
edtothesamecontrol
l
er.
Youcans eethediff
erencebetweenthequickmet
ri
cs
I
twouldsavel
otsoft
imeduri
ngsett
ingupthecol
ors.
andcorrectmetr
icsontheAVex e.
ampl
Somec haract
ershavet ohavemor espaci
ng,
someles s. 1
0 WHYDO INEED“CREATEALPHABETLAYERS”BUTTON,
I
FICANUSE“ ALPHABETTEMPLATE”

LAVA
“Createal
phabetlayers”all
owsquickl
ycopy/past
eanimat
iont
hroughal
l
l
ayersandt henplacethem intoi
ndivi
dualcomposi
ti
onssoyou
don’tneedtonavigatethrougheachcompositi
on.
Alli
nonepl ace.Veryhandy .
cor
rect-t
aki
ngi
ntoac
couts
hapeoft
hel
ett
ert
her
eshoul
dbeanof
fset
1
1 DOYOUPLANTO RELEASEUPDATES?

LAVA
Wear
econst
ant
lywor
kingonnewf
eat
ures.

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ngassquar
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QUESTI
ONSAND ANSW ERS
1
3 HOW TO SETUPARABI
CANDHEBREW I
NPUT

DownloadArabicorHebrewtextmodhere:
ht
tp:
//
aescr
ipts.
com/af
ter
-ef
fect
s/t
ext
/t
ext
-modi
fi
er/

I
nst
all
itwi
thFontManagerundert
heSet
ti
ngst
ab.

Sel
ecty
ourt
extmodandr
est
artFontManager
.

Nowy
ouar
ereadyt
owr
it
ewi
thAr
abi
corHebr
ewchar
act
ers.

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